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The Gap Band II

The Gap Band II is the fourth studio album by the Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. It is their second major label release, and produced by Lonnie Simmons.

Gap Band II
Studio album by
the Gap Band
ReleasedNovember 19, 1979
Recorded1979
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios (Hollywood)
GenreSoul, funk
Length38:52
LabelMercury
ProducerLonnie Simmons
The Gap Band chronology
The Gap Band
(1979) 		Gap Band II
(1979) 		The Gap Band III
(1980)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide     [2]

The album reached No. 3 on the Black Albums chart and No. 42 on the Pop Albums chart. The album produced the singles "Steppin' (Out)" (No. 10 Black Singles), "Party Lights" (No. 36 Black Singles), and "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)" (No. 4 Black Singles, No. 52 Club Play Singles).

The album established the Gap Band as leaders in the R&B market, becoming their first gold album, selling over 500,000 copies through 1980. The album's most successful track, "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)", was their first to incorporate aspects of the P-Funk sound. The song also alludes to a well-known corruption of the childhood nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill (a pattern later continued on "Humpin'").

Track listing edit

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. Steppin' (Out) Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson 4:25
2. No Hiding Place Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson 5:34
3. I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!) Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor 8:39
4. Who Do You Call Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson 4:57
5. You Are My High Charlie Wilson, Johnsye Smith, Ronnie Wilson 5:38
6. Party Lights Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor 3:54
7. The Boys Are Back in Town Charlie Wilson, Malvin Dino Vice, Lonnie Simmons 5:45

Personnel edit

  • Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
  • Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
  • Robert Wilson - Bass, Backing Vocals (Lead vocals on "Who Do You Call")
  • Greg Phillinganes - Keyboards, Percussion, Synthesizer
  • John Black, Louie Cabaza - Keyboards
  • Emzie Parker III, Glenn Nightingale, James Macon - Guitar
  • Raymond Calhoun - Drums, Percussion
  • Ronnie Kaufman - Drums
  • Malvin "Dino" Vice, Trumpet, Backing Vocals, Horn Arrangements
  • Oliver "Gussie" Scott - Trombone - Backing Vocals
  • Malvin "Dino" Vice - Horn Arrangements
  • Benjamin Wright - String Arrangements
  • Bernard Baisden - Trombone
  • Fernando Harkless - Tenor Saxophone
  • Lois Peoples, Angela Smith, Calvin Yarbrough, Gail Johnson, Howard Huntsberry, Robert "Goodie" Whitfield, Rudolph Taylor - Backing Vocals

Charts edit

Singles edit

Year Single Chart positions[6]
US
R&B 		US
Disco
1980 "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)" 4 52
"Party Lights" 36 -
"Steppin' (Out)" 10 -

References edit

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. The Gap Band: The Gap Band II > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 271.
  3. ^ "The Gap Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Gap Band Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "The Gap Band US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.

External links edit

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